Author of "A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2 for Windows and Linux" and "A Conceptual Guide to NeoOffice 2 for Mac OS X". Books are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike and GNU Free Documentation licenses. Books available at http://www.gabrielgurley.com/.

I have been following the development of the "$100.00 computer" since, well, since Seymour Pappert first mentioned the idea in "Mindstorms" lo these many years ago. I am delighted to discover it is coming to fruition and I'd like to help in any way I'm able.

Would like to be involved with OLPC (really in any way I can be useful). I am especially interested in working in the field (i.e. implementing pilot projects, conducting research on program effectiveness) and helping to refine the connection between development and execution.

Andrew Chambers

Professional Development Consultant, Learning & Teaching, University of New South Wales

Educator, eLearning

Very interested in both the OLPC project and the use of the mesh system and the non application driven way of learning. Would like to see these both used in our own professional development program for adult educators...

ex-ICT professional, lecturer in IS, researcher in education, based in Johannesburg, South Africa

educator, e-learning, research into ICTs in education

Very interested in the idea, would love to work on research into its uses and see research projects develop into extensive use in local schools. I see too many kids reach university without exposure to ICTs and they struggle as a result.

I am teaching professional French at the "Mihajlo Pupin" Electrotechnical Secondary School in Novi Sad and the "Mileva Maric" Technical Secondary School in Titel.

Currently I'm writing the 3rd book from 4 for Professional French language. I would like to help for example if its about satellites, French grammar or scientific texts (http://www.6hunyadi-fle.org/HMA)

Tom Phillips Dallas, TX

Partner, Building Blocks Day Care

We are building and operating day cares in Texas, and are interested in potentially rolling this program out.

Please contact me at tphillips@fcsoft.com if this is a possibility.

Veronica Brooks-Sigler Exeter, NH

English Teacher

I am working on engaging more technology in my classroom. We will be using wikis and blogs in AP English next year. At the moment, I have limited expertise with Moodle. We use Linux exclusively at our school.

Please contact me at vbrooks@sau16.org.

I love this program, and I love the "green" component of it as well. Keep the crank!

Mark BeattieSpokane, WA

Director of Distributive Learning

Gonzaga University

We have students who travel to Benin and Zambia where we would like to place XO's. Please contact me at: beattiem@gonzaga.edu

Learning to become better versed in Wiki's. In addition trying to incorporate knowledge of SMARTBOARD technology with OLPC

Im relatively new to the OLPC world, but I have one from the G1G1 program. Hoping to do more.

Maria Devauld

Vanderhoof, BC , Canada

Teacher / Computer Scientist

Wanting to contribute as well as obtain laptops for the rural school I work in. Also want to get my students involved in developing "activities" for students in developing countries using the OLPC laptops.

The Educator's Box Template: (sample box)

Any red-links are allowed to be redirected to Wikipedia or you could go ahead and create a new page here at laptop.org about the subject!

Usage: copy and paste what is shown below onto your user's page

{{ Educator
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| subjects = <!-- a set of {{Subject|Language}}, {{Subject|Math}}, etc. templates that will catalog in the proper subject. -->
| school = <!-- name (or wiki-link) to the school -->
| country = <!-- shortEnglishName that links to the appropriate country -->
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